Tuesday, April 8, 2008

I Decided To See What Emily Was Reading

and found this intriguing statement:

"Nature has endowed man with absolute control over but one thing, and that is thought."
-Napolean Hill

8 comments:

Jordan said...

I must take issue with Mr. Hill's statement. I personally have absolute control over my pinkie finger as well. That is but two things. HA!

Tiffany said...

Write a book.

Tiffany said...

Wait a minute--don't you have absolute control over your pinkie finger BECAUSE of your thought? So that is still but one thing. HA!

Jordan said...

Point #1
Thought=1 thing.
Pinkie Finger=1 thing
1+1=2=but two things.

Point #2
The statement in question is inherently false and therefore does not even qualify for a consideration of truthfulness. Nature does not have the ability to endow man with thought; Heavenly Father does that.

I own you Tiffany.

Tiffany said...

Point #1
Thought=1 thing
Pinkie Finger, Hand, Words coming out of your mouth, choices, and whatever else related to yourself=controlled by YOUR thought. Still but one thing.

Point #2
Just because this person who wrote this in 1937 was not LDS and may have had different beliefs (though he was a Christian) does not mean we should ignore what he said, if it could be helpful or thought-provoking to us. Certainly, it is okay for US to substitute Heavenly Father for nature. In fact, I already did.

Point #3
I doubt you're changing my mind on this. We all need to learn to control our thoughts if we want a happy life.

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Jordan said...

Got to go and get all serious with me on point #2 huh? It is an excellent point Tiffany, well stated.

HOWEVER, I'm staying strong with point #1. I understand that one could not control the pinkie without thinking, that is not the point. The point is a thought is one thing and a pinkie is one thing, THUS two things.

Tiffany said...

Arrrrrrrgh! I don't even understand! And a car is three things? Your left knee is four? Your eyelids five? Hey, this is kind of fun.